Fantasy of Lights

Our family got to go for a horse and carriage ride through the Fantasy of Lights in Aztec. The kids loved all the bright lights and especially the horses. Afterwards, we went to Papa and Sue Sue's for hot chocolate. It was a late school night, but well worth it.

Christmas Anticipation

The first night we set up the tree the kids were so excited they wanted to sleep by it. Their Grandma Sue Sue bought them each their own cot and so they wanted to try them out. Needless to say their mom is a stick in the mud. It was a school night for Mady and Cade has yet to sleep in a bed (without some sort of railing) without falling out multiple times during the night. So I let them watch a movie instead. They still had a great time!

What's Wrong With One-Pieces?

Well all of my family got to come visit for Thanksgiving. It was a fun way to break in the new home. There was my mom and dad, Christina, Adam, Aaron, Michael, Nathan, Alexis, Jaxon, Chandler, Delanie, Gracie, Elise (Michael's girlfriend), Michelle (Aaron's girlfriend) and our family. It was a packed house, but it was a blast. The only bad thing is that I was awful at taking pictures. So I'm waiting for my family to send me some of theirs. Anyways, some of you may have seen my sweet one-piece mechanic outfit for Halloween. I thought I would give you the pleasure of seeing the true culprit in the one-piece fiasco. It's my brother Aaron's. Anyways, Gene and Sue bought a one-piece Camo suit for Cade when they went to Africa, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity of having them both model them for me. You got to love the one-piece. Oh, and by the way, I'll save you from having to look at the backside view. This is a family blog!

Happy Halloween

For Halloween this year, Mom got her way again. I love doing themed costumes. Mady really wanted to be a witch, but was pleasantly surprised when everyone around her told her how much they loved the Cindy Lou Who costume. Cade loved being the Grinch also, just because he got to tell everyone that he was a Grinch and that meant he got to steal every one's candy. For me there weren't too many options. It was either a pregnant nun or a pot belly mechanic. I chose the mechanic since my brother had this sweet one piece suit. Thanks again Aaron, it was a hit. We hit two trunk-or-treat hot spots and Grandma Rosalies and called it a night. Oh, and I forgot to mention, Tinkerbell was Max, the Grinch's dog with an antler tied to her head. It didn't stay on long though!

Happy 6th Birthday Mady!

We celebrated Mady's 6th Birthday with a lot of family and friends. She started her day with a birthday pancake. At school, she got to wear a crown and Dad, Cade and I went to her class and let her hand out ice cream sandwiches. After her soccer practice, we had a fun time cooking hot dogs outside in the fire pit for her party. Afterwards, we all came in and opened presents and ate cake and ice cream. The kids were thoroughly worn out. Mady said it was her best birthday ever (which I think I've heard every year)! Her family and friends that got to come were, Papa, SueSue, Jason, Sheree, Braden, JJ, Hannah, Paul, Jessica, Lawsyn, Brody, Grandma Rosalie, Landin, Harlie, Shanelle, Mark, Traci, Coy, Kalyn, Drew, Shea, Shane, Ashley, and Aiden. She also had lots of phone calls from all of her extended family. Thank you everyone for making her 6th birthday such a happy one!!!

My Little Punkin's Carving Pumpkins

Mady has been on every one's case for the last week and a half to carve pumpkins, so finally we did it. It was a lot of fun. Cade was a little standoffish about putting his hand inside to dig out the seeds, but Mady dug right in. We had a great time, although Dad was mentally missing in action (busy watching the Texas game).

Shrapnel Anyone

Brice had a week long in-service training and while he was out on the shooting range a piece of shrapnel flew up from another range and hit him in the arm. He was pretty lucky though, he said it had enough force to move his whole arm when it hit. Good thing it wasn't an eye! Anyways, it was bleeding like crazy. When he got home he cleaned it up as best as he could and covered it with a band-aid, of course after probably loosing a pint of blood! I wasn't much help though. I had to sit down after watching him stick a q-tip inside it to stop the bleeding and clean it out. He's a mess!